E144 - Mike Larsen | A 20 Year TV Writing Career, The Tonight Show, Navigating the Comedy World & MORE
Release Date: 10/06/2025
E147 - Nate Winkelmes of The Fears | A Story of Sobriety, Mental Health, Songwriting & More
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Nate Winkelmes is a musician under his project The Fears ( ) After his first appearance on the show being way back on episode 5, this week I sit down for a great return conversation with musician and creative, Nate Winkelmes. 5 years ago when Nate was first on the show, he was just beginning his real venture into making music through the first phase of his (then) band 'The Fears', after a failed venture into the creative agency world. What I wasn't aware of at the time though, was another journey Nate was on, and that was one of sobriety. As we catch up with Nate's story since his...
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E146 - Tanya Vora | Spice Up, Stand-Up Comedy, Passions for Food & Culture, Surviving Start Ups & More!
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Tanya Vora is a Stand Up Comedian & Entrepreneur with her brand/event series . After growing up a shy kid, Tanya eventually found herself in the world of start-ups and hustle culture, and dove headfirst into business pitch competitions called "hack-a-thons", getting plenty of experience speaking into a live mic while pitching to a panel. She would then transition this into a different type of public speaking...stand up comedy! As Tanya shares her story, we talk about her passion for food and culture and the stories surrounding it, the power of food bringing people together,...
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E145 - Ryan Francis [RETURNS] to Talk 'Riot Fest', Huge Euge, Processing Grief, Life Changes, Hopeful New Goals & More!
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Ryan Francis performs under the name "Huge Huge" (@hugeeugeofficial), was in cult-favorite indie horror movie ThanksKilling, and is (dubbed by me) a real good liver of life! Ryan's back on the show this week for a proper catch up and my goodness does it not dissapoint. If you’re a longtime listener of this show, you’ll know that one, Ryan is a past guest of the show with his first appearance being back on episode 41 and that in itself is worth going back and listening to if you haven’t. It’s one of my favorite conversations. So, I say, if you’re an avid listener,...
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E144 - Mike Larsen | A 20 Year TV Writing Career, The Tonight Show, Navigating the Comedy World & MORE
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Mike Larsen ( @writemikelarsen ) is a Comedian and Writer. This week it’s a really fun dive into the world of comedy and television as I sit down with Mike Larsen who’s got plenty of experience and plenty of stories to share across his time in performing and writing comedy, and even writing political speeches along the way. Whether it’s stories from sharing stages with the likes of Robin Williams, Paula Poundstone and Dana Carvey, or his time spent in the writers room for shows like 'Grace Under Fire', 'Ellen', 'The Drew Carey Show' & more, Mike has a lot of really great...
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E143 - Embracing the Randomness w/ Travis Irvine | Ohio Politics, Killer Raccoons, Stand Up Comedy & More!
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Travis Irvine is...well many things! Some of which are a Journalist, Stand-Up Comedian, Filmmaker, avid Traveler and with involvement in Politics, he once ran for Mayor of Bexley Ohio. This week we get to hear all the stories of Travis, and I thought I was really good at collecting side quests in life, but this man has me beat by a mile! It's a story pillared by those 5 subjects I listed at the top; Comedy, Travel, Journalism, Politics & Filmmaking. If you see the runtime, you'll know this one's a long one, and it's genuinely a blast the whole way through. As Travis shares the value of...
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E142 - Brandon McMaster talks Music Journey, Sleeping With Sirens, Nandan Street Food, Managing Ego & More
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Brandon McMaster is a musician in the bands Former and Lucky Shot. Brandon’s story I will kind of categorize as one of really knowing your passion and having that love really stick with you through lots of ups and downs. His story is one of reinvention, and a lot of self-reflection. We start with discovering that love of music through his mom, to starting bands in high school, to helping launch the band Sleeping With Sirens. He opens up about the story of Sleeping with Sirens and what led to leaving the band, and while all that was happening, he was dealing the loss of his mom, and we chat...
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E141 - Mo Hill on Columbus & New York Comedy Scenes, The Power of Networking, & Just Wanting to Make People Laugh
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Mo Hill ( ) is a Stand-Up Comedian from Columbus, OH. While getting his start in Ohio, Mo now often calls New York his comedy home as he travels there (and all over) while building a pretty active stand up career, as well as writing for sketches and film projects! In this episode we uncover how it all got started for Mo from simply growing up around laughter and humor, to realizing that's what he wanted to do for others and decided to pursue comedy. We talk how it started with improv and then what the transition was like from that to the world of stand-up, hitting low points where he felt he...
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E140 - Rochelle Collins talks Columbus Comedy, Getting Started in Stand-Up, Finding Joy in Your Career & More!
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Rochelle Collins is a Stand-Up Comedian based in Columbus, Ohio In this episode, I sit down with Comedian and all around funny person Rochelle Collins — a Columbus-based comic whose roots in farm life might of taught her a thing or two that now fuels her creative world. But listen we don’t talk about farming much in this one honestly, but what we do talk about is her journey from discovering comedy early on to hitting the stage for the first time at an open mic, and what she's learned along the way performing now countless shows. Rochelle’s all over the place in the Columbus...
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E139 - Adam Little [RETURNS]
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Adam Little a sketch Comedian, Writer & Filmmaker from Columbus, Ohio. In this episode, it’s a RETURN guest from a few years back, it’s Adam Little back on the show for a fun catch up conversation since his last time on the show, back in 2021 and as you could guess, a lot has changed. We talk a lot about his changed perspectives on content creation and his social media presence now and how it’s evolved from years ago when, at that time, he was pretty actively pursuing the creation of sketches and his personal brand at that time. Now he’s got plans and goals that expand...
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E138 - Corey Mouch of 'Southcourt'
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In this episode, I catch up with Corey Mouch, musician from the band (formerly 90s’ Kids), and we talk all about what it’s like being a musician chasing the dream of music in this one, the highs and lows of chasing a dream in general, and how he’s learned to create just for the love of it. I’ve gotta say, as I always do, these episodes, stories and perspectives are always in my opinion, good for anyone of any background to hear, but I’ll double down on saying that this episode is a GREAT one to listen to if you’re a musician. Creator of any kind yes, but for sure if you’re...
info_outlineMike Larsen ( @writemikelarsen ) is a Comedian and Writer.
This week it’s a really fun dive into the world of comedy and television as I sit down with Mike Larsen who’s got plenty of experience and plenty of stories to share across his time in performing and writing comedy, and even writing political speeches along the way. Whether it’s stories from sharing stages with the likes of Robin Williams, Paula Poundstone and Dana Carvey, or his time spent in the writers room for shows like 'Grace Under Fire', 'Ellen', 'The Drew Carey Show' & more, Mike has a lot of really great insight into not just joke writing and scripting and pitching in general, but also into the ever-changing entertainment world and how to navigate all the ups and downs that come with it.
Mike really does share a lot of good advice from all that he’s learned (and tried himself) over the years, and many simply fun stories to go along with it. From learning alongside the greats, getting hired for TV, how to pitch scripts, dealing with bad stahd up sets and even battles with panic attacks and drinking, it's a really great chat with Mike as he shares all.
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